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I have great pleasure In adding the following interesting com- 

 munication received for publication after the above was in type, 

 from the illustrious and venerable Professor Sir Richard Owen, 

 K.C.B., respecting the birds visiting the grounds of his residence. 



Sheen Lodge, Richmond Park. 

 August 31, 1889. 

 My Dear Professor, — 



Since it may be of interest to the readers of your forthcoming 

 work, * Hampstead Hill,' as showing the variety of avian 

 species found In the neighbourhood of London, I may men-^ 

 tlon that my friend, the late Mr. Gould, our most distinguished 

 ornithologist, was a frequent visitor ; and on one special 

 occasion, accompanied by a common friend, Mr. Broderip, 

 who made zoology his chief recreation after the dry labours 

 of the Bench, devoted a May-day to making a list of the birds 

 that visited the garden. I made a list of the species, and 

 communicated it to the weekly journal called The Garden. 



The list contains upwards of sixty species. 



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Sincerely yours, 



Richard Owen. 

 Prof. Logan Lobley, F.G.S. 



